Comments on: National Arbitration Forum Provides Shortcut to UDRP Arbitrators

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Is eHelper.com a Typo of EdHelper.com? - The Domain Industry's News Source

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:12:13 +0000

[...] It didn’t help that the owner of eHelper.com didn’t respond to the complaint. But finding typosquatting in this case is quite a stretch. Perhaps it’s an example cut-and-paste arbitration. [...]

By: John Berryhill

John Berryhill — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:16:05 +0000

“I look forward to the day when someone will lose a UDRP, but challenge the decision in court with full discovery of the UDRP provider(s”

The probability of that happening is approaching unity.

By: Karen Bernstein

Karen Bernstein — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:01:50 +0000

I will leave it to former UDRP paralegals/assistants-turned-lawyers to confirm this is the case, but I can tell you that they definitely cut and paste a lot of the arguments right into the decision due to the miracle of word processing software.

By: Soundly Reasoned

Soundly Reasoned — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:56:23 +0000

Filing your case against a UDRP complainant in Federal district court will run you 10-20k just for the first retainer. Then look to spend approximately 50-70k in total legal costs and 1-2 years in court/legal proceedings. Even if you win the other party can still appeal and drag you down further in money and time. District court judges rarely award legal fees in these types of matters unless you can prove the other party had willful malicious intent. That is no easy task.

This is why you see most companies file a UDRP because they themselves do not want to go through all of that.

By: jigisup

jigisup — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:38:29 +0000

NAT ARB FORUM is corrupt from top to bottom.
Now they would be a great target for a class action suit.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:48:05 +0000

The case filer and responder should each do their own research, to supply similar cases both to support and deny their own positions, to append the clerk’s work!

By: Wilson

Wilson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:19:09 +0000

I think we should just all file a case at our courthouse every time a UDRP is sent to any of us domainers.

That should slow down many of the reverse domain name hijacking.